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Re: poor mans bagger build

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BikeMaine wrote:I'm paying particular attention to your thread 5speed, we in the cold North/East understand the value of a bagger with a fairing. ;)

In all honesty, I love the look of a naked bike, but now that I've had a bagger for a couple years, I can't imagine riding without the bags. Socket and wrench sets, a quart of oil, a couple bottles of water for me or the bike, gloves, spare sweatshirt, etc., etc....

Half the days that I ride my bike up here, (Down here to some of you) it's 40*F in the morning when I leave the house and 70 or 80 degrees later in the day. So I want to remove clothing layers and store them in the bags.
Exactly..I go to work at 5:30 am and it can be pretty chilly some mornings but on the way home at 2pm..it will be a scorcher..
my bike jacket is extremely warm in the summer and I'm going to buy the mess style armoured jacket but need a place for a sweater,etc..
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Re: poor mans bagger build

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I'm making my own fairing. Sheet of polycarbonate and a wooden mould. Hoping to hold it up to one of those gas jet garage heaters to get it soft enough to settle on the mould
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Re: poor mans bagger build

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transitman wrote:I'm making my own fairing. Sheet of polycarbonate and a wooden mould. Hoping to hold it up to one of those gas jet garage heaters to get it soft enough to settle on the mould
Please, PLEASE take a boat-load of photos when you build it.

Sounds very interesting.
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BikeMaine wrote:
transitman wrote:I'm making my own fairing. Sheet of polycarbonate and a wooden mould. Hoping to hold it up to one of those gas jet garage heaters to get it soft enough to settle on the mould
Please, PLEASE take a boat-load of photos when you build it.

Sounds very interesting.
This.
Making something like that is beyond my skill set..
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1986 Yamaha FJ1200
2000 Yamaha Roadstar
1976 GoldWing. running but not on the road
1978 Goldwing. future cafe project.
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For those with nothing better to do, my screen build will, one day, pop up on MAKING A TRIKE on the trike site. At the moment, I am fairly busy fixing the fuel line and refacing the rev counter, prior to getting it running. Ok, a lot of that is displacement activity because after 6 years building, I am a tad nervous
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1st bike: '58 150cc Ambassador 2 stroke. learned how to chuck it down the road
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A little update..I finished both saddle bag mounts and ordered my fairing a week ago.
Spent this morning fabricating the top mounts for it using aluminum flat bar.
I saved the mounting hardware off the windshield I broke on my 1100 in anticipation of being able to use them on the 76.
They worked our great.
I still need to fab bottom brackets that will fasten to the headlight mounting points.
It will be adjustable so I can tweak the angle to get the best wind deflection.
All in all..very happy with it so far.

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It's a bit crooked in this pic as the mounts are only finger tight and it needs the bottom ones yet.

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1986 Yamaha FJ1200
2000 Yamaha Roadstar
1976 GoldWing. running but not on the road
1978 Goldwing. future cafe project.
2019 Can-Am ryker (boss's new ride)

2002 Shadow American Classic(sold)
1983 Shadow 500. (sold)
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Concerning the angle of the fairing: I didn't get mine right the first time. I've been studying photos of Harleys with them installed at factory. I feel that if placed at just the right angle, it looks far better than just "a little off."
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I sketched this out quickly, this is what I'm talking about. The red dot is the pivot point, I believe that the angle of the highlighted edges are what's important. I'm not saying this is the correct angle, but you get my point.

I had my wife hold the fairing at different angles until I felt it looked right. Now after almost two years, I'm currently changing the angle.

Just food for thought Brother.
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Thanks for the tip. I'm sure it will be a trial and error exercise until I get it right. My fairing has a piece on it that I'm assuming blocks the wind from coming in over the top of the head light. I'm going to attempt to keep that as tight as I can to the headlight for a starting point.
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1986 Yamaha FJ1200
2000 Yamaha Roadstar
1976 GoldWing. running but not on the road
1978 Goldwing. future cafe project.
2019 Can-Am ryker (boss's new ride)

2002 Shadow American Classic(sold)
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5speed wrote:Thanks for the tip. I'm sure it will be a trial and error exercise until I get it right. My fairing has a piece on it that I'm assuming blocks the wind from coming in over the top of the head light. I'm going to attempt to keep that as tight as I can to the headlight for a starting point.
Yeah, that's my problem, mine doesn't have that piece. I need to make one under the fairing.

Not sure which windshield you're planning on. I bought one gently used off of CL. It was originally pretty expensive, but I really like it. The top 2" of the glass tips forward, it does a fantastic job at kicking the air up and over your head. I first had a straight windshield on it that was 3" taller than the current one and it still let more wind hit my head and face.
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I'm going with the curved one as well. The fairing is a Memphis Shades one so I'm going with one of theirs.
1982 1100 standard. (sold)
1986 Yamaha FJ1200
2000 Yamaha Roadstar
1976 GoldWing. running but not on the road
1978 Goldwing. future cafe project.
2019 Can-Am ryker (boss's new ride)

2002 Shadow American Classic(sold)
1983 Shadow 500. (sold)
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Bought it 2 years ago..went all through the systems and got it running. Plated it, rode it once..and now I'm tearing it apart.
I think I'm doing this backwards.

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1982 1100 standard. (sold)
1986 Yamaha FJ1200
2000 Yamaha Roadstar
1976 GoldWing. running but not on the road
1978 Goldwing. future cafe project.
2019 Can-Am ryker (boss's new ride)

2002 Shadow American Classic(sold)
1983 Shadow 500. (sold)
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...not at all. Every dog has his day. One can only truly focus on a single project at a time. (A lesson I can't seem to learn).
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it is only my adhd that thinks I can do multiple projects..... Redwood always says she hopes my OCD gets a project done before the ADHD kicks in
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Re: poor mans bagger build

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Hey Neighbor, have you done any more on the fairing?
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